Recovery of nerve injury-induced alexia for Braille using forearm anaesthesia

NeuroReport

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 683-685

  Björkman, Anders ^a   Rosén, Birgitta ^a   Lundborg, Göran ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Braille alexia; Brain plasticity; Forearm anaesthesia; Nerve injury

Indexed keywords

EMLA; LIDOCAINE; PRILOCAINE; WATER OIL CREAM;

AGED; ALEXIA; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; BRAILLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TOUCH;

AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BLINDNESS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; DYSLEXIA; FOREARM; HAND; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MEDIAN NEUROPATHY; PRILOCAINE; READING; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SENSORY AIDS; SHOULDER DISLOCATION;

EID: 41749089624     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3282fb821c     Document Type: Article

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